‘Free-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that do not have box or download fees associated with them and do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid F2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.
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Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?
Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing.
"I once again wonder why...
Loki joins the Marvel Heroes console crew
Hope you enjoy hearing about the reincorporation of characters that were already in a game a long time ago, because there's a long road...
Star Trek Online brings back TNG shuttle and Discovery uniform giveaway
If you're kicking yourself that you missed out on some of the more recent giveaways over at Star Trek Online, then kick yourself into...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes up League of Legends in Korean PC bangs
If you are not at least keeping an eye on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and how it's currently disrupting the entire online gaming market, you probably...
The Soapbox: NCsoft’s bizarre silence on Aion’s server merges says everything you need to know
NCsoft done messed up. Again. Yes, I know the studio has already had a few black eyes for other things throughout the years, but...
The Stream Team: Secret World Legends’ first Halloween
Massively OP's MJ had always looked forward to Halloween in The Secret World more than any other game, and Secret World Legends is no...
Bluehole’s Project W to be revealed at G-Star 2017
We first asked what Project W was about a year ago, and we still don't know the answer. We know that it's being made...
Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss
Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch its sixth major update since Knights of the Eternal Throne at the end of November. It will...
The Stream Team: SWTOR’s return of the Star Fortresses
Because Massively OP's Larry and MJ killed things too fast last time and bugged the final boss out, they had to redo the first...
Perfect Ten: Why Star Trek Online is an underrated MMORPG
I'm the type of player who has a stable of games that I return to from time to time, particularly when I'm looking for...
Secret World Legends’ Samhain events are here, at least one year of them
So, Secret World peeps. I've got some good Halloween news and some bad. The good news is that Samhain is live in Secret World...
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Mists of Ravenloft opens pre-orders, aims for December release
The, ahem, bloodiest MMO expansion of 2017 is finally available to pre-purchase. Dungeons and Dragons Online opened up pre-orders today for Mists of Ravenloft,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
The Stream Team: Daring to try RuneScape’s Dimension of the Damned
What if RuneScape was a survival game? It is now -- or at least in a way. In honor of the holiday season the...
The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?
Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...
The Stream Team: LOTRO’s Haunted Burrow is habit-forming
October means that Massively OP's MJ can immerse herself in as many Halloween events as possible. And one really fun event is Lord of...
Chronicles of Elyria picks up former Revival lead developer
Has enough time gone by to start erasing memories of Revival, that ambitious but troubled horror MMO that was canceled back in March 2016?...
Secret World Legends teases its first Halloween event since the reboot
With the Orochi Tower live and the final part of the Tokyo region out the door, Funcom is already peeking ahead to the future...
Enter to win a Skyforge PS4 Revenant Quickplay Pack from My.com and MOP!
Hey, Skyforge players! Are you having fun with the newly launched Revenant class? You know, that "mighty warlord, appropriately adorned with impressive armor and wielding...
RuneScape is overrun by undead, challenges players to survive the next 10 days of Dimension of the Damned
"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk Gielinor and there's 200 million in-game gold pieces to be won by the...
